Brooklyn mourns fallen Sanitation worker
Family, friends, neighbors and colleagues gathered at Brooklyn’s Most Precious Blood Church, 70 Bay 47th Street, on Tuesday, August 5 to mourn Sergeant Frank Musella, a member of the Department of Sanitation’s Enforcement Division who died suddenly in the line of duty on Wednesday, July 29.
Musella, a 37-year-old Brooklyn, had atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and was stricken while in his city car, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
On Thursday, July 30, Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered that all flags throughout the five boroughs be flown at half-staff in honor of Musella, a member of DSNY since October, 2006 and an avid volunteer for the agency’s Autism Speaks campaign.